Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Green Giant Pizza

Things got crazy here today at the Other Side of 50. I'm not talking just a little bit crazy like me finding the cure for potholes or being able to promise you a five-minutes-or-less trip into the BMV to renew your vehicle's registration. I'm talking pure loony-ness, like Lucy and Ethel splitting the atom or maybe Paris and Lindsay sharing a room at the convent of Our Lady of Perpetually Lost Panties. I have crossed the border from sanity to insanity without skipping a pill beat.

Here it is. Take your time in admiring it and then make note of the date and time so you'll always remember when and where you first heard of Mag's Green Giant Pizza Sauce. Isn't it awesome?

OK, a little background info for those of you are truly interested in seeing if this is indeed a real recipe or if I'm just yanking your chain. A few weeks back I received a package from Green Giant through My Blog Spark. In the package were the items pictured below. (Notice the pedometer? I'm thinking someone on the outside of my closely guarded bubble has been making suggestions to someone that I might possibly need to lose some weight.)

Instead of merely microwaving and serving the broccoli and cheese sauce as is, I decided to get a little creative and turn it into a pizza sauce. I've been thinking that pizza really gets a bad rap in the dieting world when in fact, it can honestly be a dieter's friend if made properly. Pizza crust typically contains very little fat or sugar and when white flour is replaced with whole grains, the crust actually becomes quite healthy. And when that healthy pizza crust is topped with lean protein, veggies and part-skim cheese, suddenly you have a complete meal before you that really does fall within the specifics of most weight loss plans.

You had me puzzled with your title. I was wondering if was going to be a pizza covered in green peas. We're huge homemade pizza fans here at our house and I love trying out new sauces/toppings on my clan. We're huge cheese/dairy addicts with no will power so we'd, no doubt, top it with so much cheese as to increase the calorie count into the heavens!! ;) As long as you top it with healthy choices, that's all that matters, right? Looks really good. Thanks for the new idea, Mags!

About Me

This is my documentation of my life after turning 50. Lots of recipes, some healthy, some not so much... tossed up with a hefty dose of sarcasm and motherly love.
My email address: maggielauerrdh(at)yahoo.com